Telegram-herald., 1887-09-26

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taFons II sssrusl righteousness lei so~a %
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ef Chrlst. throw Ens a plumb has!'
Lord Nelson's geR-s Al aIrsctioa whea golzg
into nsval hattie ~as. no man can DO ~roag
that places his ship Gloss alongside that of tAs
enemy Ny fFissad, yen viii never do wrong
II yea kssp ysar life elsss alongside the Ten
Commandments. Do right ana you can be
ss brave as Maria There's. ~ho rode up he
kin of DeilaRcs ard shook her sword az the
four corners of tAs sartA.
~Bat.s you say. ~yoa shnt us yotIng FOLKS
oat frona al fun Ga, noi Ike fun. be-
Lave ia fun. l have had lots of IL In my
time. But have not had 10 go into paths Of
an - find IL No crsdit % nee. bat Because
of sn extraordinary pareatai exempls
and influences | was kept from outward
traagresssons, though my heart was bad
enough and desperately wicked | have had
fun tilimitable, though ! never swore one
oath, and never gamblsd for 50 mncA as the
value Of a pin, and nsver saw the inside Of
haunt OF sin save as when ten years ago,
with commissioner OF police and detective
aud two elders OF my church, explored these
cities by midnight. not out of curiosity, bat
that | might in pulpit discourse set before
the people the poverty and the horrors OF un-
dergroand city life Yet though never was
intoxicated for an instant, and never COM
mitted one act Of dissoluteAess, restrained
only by the grace of God. without which re-
straint / would have goRs headlong 10 the
bottom OF infamy, | have had so much fun
that don't believe there is man
on the planet In the present time
who has had more. Hear it, men and
boys, women and girls, all the fun is on the
side OF right. Sin may seem attractive. but
it is deathful, and like the raanchineel, a tree
whose dews are poisonous The only genuine
happiness Is in an honest Christian life The
Chippewa, wanting 10 see God, blackens his
face with charcoal and fasts till ne has a
vision Of what be calls God Ny God | can
see best whom | take my hat Off and let the
sunshine blaze in my face, and after rea-
sonable breakfast He is not God of black
ness and starvation, but Of lght and plenti-
tude, and the glory Of the monday sun is
Egyptian midnight compar 10 It. There
they go-two brothers The on Vas converted
a year ago in church, one Sunday morning.
during prayer, or sermon, or hymn. No one
knew it at the time. The persons on either
side Of him suspected nothing, but in that
young mans soul this process went on:
"Lord, here l am, a young man amid the
temptations of city life, and / ann afraid to
risk them alone; come and be my pardon and
my help; save me from making the mistake
that some OF my comrades are making, and
save me now" And quicker than a fash God
rolled heaven into bis soul. He is just as
jolly as he used 70 be, is just as brilliant as he
used 10 be. He can strike a ball or catch one
as easily as before he was converted With
gun or fishing rod in this summer vacation
he was just as skillful as before. The world
is brighter to him thnn ever He appre-
ciates pictures. music, innocent hilarity, so
cial life. good jokes. and has plenty of fun,
first class fun, glorious fun But his brother
is going down hill In the morning his head
aches from the champagne debauch Every
body sees he is In rapid descent. What cares
he for right, or decency, or the honor OF his
family namef Turned out Of employment,
depleted in hcalth, cast down in spirits, the
typhoid fever strikes him in the smallest
room on the fourth story Of a fifth rate
boarding house, cursing God, and calling for
his mother, and fighting back demons from
his dying pillow, which is besweated and
torn TO rags. He pldnges out of this world
with the shrek of a destroyed spirit
Alas for that kisd OF funl 1t is re-
morse. It is despair. IL is blackness
OF darkness. Ii is woe unending and long
reyerberating, and crushing as though all the
mountains OK all continents rolled on him in
one avalanche Ny soul. stand back from
such fun Young man, there is no fun in
shipwrecking your character, no fun in dis
grscing your fathers name. There is no fun
in breaking your mothers heart. There Is
no fun in the physical pangs Of the dissolute
There is no fun in the prohigate's death bed.
There is no fun in an undone eternity.
Psracelsus. out Of the ashes OF burnt rose.
said he could recreate the rose, but he failed
in the alchenic undertaking, and roseate life
once burned down IN sin can never again he
made 10 blossom
Oh, this plumb line of the everlasting right !,
God viii throw it over all cur lives TO show
US our moral defiections God will throw i.
over all churches 70 show whether they are
doing useful work or are standing instances
Of idleness aud pretense. he viii throw thai
plumb line over all nations to demonstrate
whether their laws are just or cruel, their
rulers good or bad. their ambitions holy OF
infamous. He threw that pIsmb line over
the Spanish monarchy Of other days. and
what became OF herl ASK the splintersd
hullxs Of her overthrown armada He threw
that plumb Iae over French Imperialism
aud what was the result Ask The ruins Of
her Tgilerics. and the fallen column OF the
Place yendone. and the grave treachss Of
Sedan, and the biood Of revolutions Of diff
fsrsnt times rolling through the Champs
Elysees He threw that plumb line over
ancient Rome. and what hecsms Of the realm
Of the CRsarsl Ask her war eagles. with
beak duIied and wings broken, fuug helpless
into the Tiber. He threw IL over the As
syrian empire Of thousand years. the
thrones q Semirauis, AMI Ssrdanapalus. ami
Shalmaneser. Of twenty seven victorious ex
petitions. the cities Of Fboanicia kneeling t.
the scepter. and al The world biaachs<i ia the
pTssence- = naf became Of All the grandeur
Ask tie fallen palaces II knorsahsd ami The
eorress Of her 1ss .eoc soidiery slam bv the
angel of the Lord 81 ore night ard the Assvfian
sculptures 81 tte worlds museums. al that
noN remains q tsaf srienaor before which
nations staggered ard creeehed God u ndr
throwing that plumb Ire o1ssT tAis Anseric az
republic. ard it + = solemn tiu,s wita fhis
ustion- sad whether W keep his Sabbsths o.
dskonor khsz8. Whether righteousness or IL
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